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>SDL_JoystickGetAxis</H1
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>SDL_JoystickGetAxis&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get the current state of an axis</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"</PRE
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>Sint16 <B
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>SDL_JoystickGetAxis</B
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>(SDL_Joystick *joystick, int axis);</CODE
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><TT
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>SDL_JoystickGetAxis</TT
> returns the current state of the given <TT
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><I
>axis</I
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> on the given <TT
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><I
>joystick</I
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>On most modern joysticks the X axis is usually represented by <TT
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><I
>axis</I
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> 0 and the Y axis by <TT
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><I
>axis</I
></TT
> 1. The value returned by <TT
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>SDL_JoystickGetAxis</TT
> is a signed integer (-32768 to 32768) representing the current position of the <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>axis</I
></TT
>, it maybe necessary to impose certain tolerances on these values to account for jitter. It is worth noting that some joysticks use axes 2 and 3 for extra buttons.</P
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>Returns a 16-bit signed integer representing the current position of the <TT
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>axis</I
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>Sint16 x_move, y_move;
SDL_Joystick *joy1;
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x_move=SDL_JoystickGetAxis(joy1, 0);
y_move=SDL_JoystickGetAxis(joy1, 1);</PRE
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>SDL_JoystickNumAxes</TT
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